Apicalia Explained

Apicalia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The species within this genus include:^[3]

• Apicalia angulata (Warén, 1981)
• Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877)
• Apicalia echinasteri (Warén, 1980)
• Apicalia gibba (A. Adams, 1862)
• Apicalia habei (Warén, 1980)
• Apicalia inflata (Tate & May, 1901)
• Apicalia ovata (Pease, 1860)
• Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913)
• Apicalia sandwichensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
• Apicalia taiwanica (Kuroda, 1964)
• Apicalia tryoni (Tate & May, 1900)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Apicalia biformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Echineulima biformis (Sowerby III, 1897)
• Apicalia cicatricosa (Warén, 1981): synonym of Annulobalcis cicatricosa (Warén, 1981)
• Apicalia guentheri (Angas, 1877): synonym of Stilifer guentheri (Angas, 1877)
• Apicalia holdsworthi (H. Adams, 1874): synonym of Vitreobalcis holdsworthi (H. Adams, 1874)
• Apicalia immaculata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900): synonym of Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877)
• Apicalia mabuti (Nomura & Hatai, 1935): synonym of Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866)
• Apicalia micans (Tenison Woods, 1875): synonym of Eulima tenisoni (Tryon, 1886)
• Apicalia sowerbyi (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Parvioris sowerbyi (Barnard, 1963)

Species inquirenda

• Apicalia chuni Thiele, 1825
• Apicalia melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
• Apicalia scitula H. Adams, 1867

References

• Adams A. (1862). On some new species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natura History (3) 9: 295-298

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. A. Adams, 1862. Warén A. (1981) Revision of the genera Apicalia A. Adams and Stilapex Iredale and description of two new genera (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 10: 133-154. [June 1981]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536098 on 2013-02-01.
2. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.page(s): 29
3. David Herbert. 2021 . Apicalia A. Adams, 1862. 536098 . 17 June 2023 . Marine Mollusca.